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It\'s 80% about money, they do tend to think the cards are cool.  They don\'t know much about the cards, the slab is king.  But then again, it\'s old collectors who will pay thousands for vintage commons in a PSA 10 slab, so slab is king generally among both groups.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThey are very open about pumping, though they don\'t seem to have much of a real economic understanding about the dump part.  It\'s pump, pump, pump.  They\'ll organize specific pumps together, but don\'t seem to realize what exactly they are doing, it\'s \'adding value through awareness\' and they aren\'t organizing a \'dump\' after the pump, so it\'s a little weird.  They\'ve spent a lot of time listening to Gary Vee and motivational stuff, no time studying mathematics or economics.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhat I would consider ethics appears to be non-existent among the Discords.  The only rule seems to be seller must deliver card to buyer.  That\'s it.  They can lie about condition, cover up problems, ignore alteration, whatever.  Not really different again, the older breed of collectors have also been scamming and lying for decades, but the difference is the relative openness about this.  I suppose a lot of it is because many of these guys come from the sneaker hobby that makes ours look squeaky clean.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhile they lack in ethics (I have found this problem among the older sellers just as much, just with more obfuscation), they are extremely easy to deal with.  There\'s no long back and forth.  They\'ll say you\'re price is too high and make their offer, and that\'s usually their price, not a negotiation step.  They are much, much better at using data.  They will use actual comps instead of fantasies, and come correct with it.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThey\'re also pretty nice, in their own way.  They are pretty open it\'s mostly about adding value and making money, but they see it as a fun side hustle as opposed to making the same money doing a job.  There\'s definitely an enjoyment factor.  They\'ll chat pretty openly about most everything.  If someone gets ripped off, like a card they bought had its photo taken at an angle to hide damage, there is no huge fight or spat.  It\'s a \'you win some, you lose some, fair play\' shrug.  They tend not to be affluent, they tend not to be poor.  They\'re making extra side money, but most of them I\'ve chilled with or talked too are working decent jobs.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI can\'t say I\'ve really had any negative interactions; I just don\'t like the approach.  It\'s not really much different from the older collectors in the main; it\'s largely about money, there is an enjoyment factor, it\'s not a job but it\'s some extra cash and the cardboard is always related to the paper.  It\'s just a different style of the same classic format from a different generation.  I\'d prefer the hobby be like it was 80 years ago, with things worth almost nothing and it just being about fun, but it hasn\'t been that way for decades.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe only thing true about generalizations is that they are untrue, but that\'s my 2 cents on the recurring takeaways from my talks with these gents.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div><br />\r\ngreat post,  good insight... thanks!\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2224138" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2224138 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2224138_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">tonyo</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=3536">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=3536" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to tonyo</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=3536" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by tonyo</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2224138 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2224138 -' + '->';
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I have been dabbling in different areas, mixture of vintage and modern, set building,  sealed,  singles,  etc. trying to find out what I enjoy.  <br />\n<br />\nI will say that it is a huge turn off for me when old school collectors gatekeep. There are a ton of helpful people on this forum, but as i can clearly see on this thread,  there are some old timers who think that because they have been in the hobby for 40 years,  that their opinion is sacred and that their way of collecting is the only way. All that does is push us away.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>I\'m not sure why it\'s a virtue not to care what the cards are worth.  How many people collect art without regard to value?  I agree there\'s a bit too much sanctimony sometimes.\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- sig -' + '->\r\n			<div>\r\n				__________________<br />\r\n				Four phrases I nave coined that sum up today\'s hobby:<br />\r\nNo consequences.<br />\r\nStuff trumps all.<br />\r\nThe flip is the commoodity.<br />\r\nAnimal Farm grading.\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / sig -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- edit note -' + '->\r\n			<div class="smallfont">\r\n				<hr size="1" style="color:#D1D1E1; background-color:#D1D1E1" />\r\n				<em>\r\n					\r\n						Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 05-12-2022 at <span class="time">10:27 AM</span>.\r\n					\r\n					\r\n				</em>\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / edit note -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2224158" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2224158 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2224158_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">Peter_Spaeth</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=43">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=43" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to Peter_Spaeth</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=43" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by Peter_Spaeth</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2224158 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2224158 -' + '->';
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How many people collect art without regard to value?  I agree there\'s a bit too much sanctimony sometimes.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Agreed.  Unlike the older generation,  I will not have a pension,  I probably won\'t have social security,  I have seen prices skyrocket and wages plateau (and I\'m a banker with a good job. ) Unfortunately,  the reality is that I do need to care about card values to an extent. 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pd[2224173] = '<!-' + '- post #2224173 -' + '->\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- open content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<div align="center">\r\n	<div class="page" style="width:100%; text-align:left">\r\n		<div style="padding:0px 25px 0px 25px" align="left">\r\n\r\n	<div id="edit2224173" style="padding:0px 0px 6px 0px">\r\n	<!-' + '- this is not the last post shown on the page -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table class="tborder" id="post2224173" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">\r\n<tr>\r\n	<td class="thead" >\r\n		<div class="normal" style="float:right">\r\n			&nbsp;\r\n			#<a href="showpost.php?p=2224173&amp;postcount=6" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount2224173" name="6"><strong>6</strong></a> &nbsp;\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n		<div class="normal">\r\n			<!-' + '- status icon and date -' + '->\r\n			<a name="post2224173"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/post_old.gif" alt="Old" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n				05-12-2022, 10:52 AM\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / status icon and date -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n	<td class="alt2" style="padding:0px">\r\n		<!-' + '- user info -' + '->\r\n		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" border="0" width="100%">\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?u=617066"><img src="image.php?u=617066&amp;dateline=1453146707"   alt="Snapolit1\'s Avatar" border="0" /></a></td>\r\n			<td nowrap="nowrap">\r\n\r\n				<div id="postmenu_2224173">\r\n					\r\n					<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?u=617066">Snapolit1</a>\r\n					\r\n<img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/user_online.gif" alt="Snapolit1 is online now" border="0" />\r\n\r\n					<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2224173", true); <\/scr' + 'ipt>\r\n					\r\n				</div>\r\n\r\n<div class="smallfont">\r\n				Ste.ve Na.polit.ano\r\n</div>\r\n				\r\n				\r\n\r\n			</td>\r\n			<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>\r\n			<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">\r\n\r\n				<div class="smallfont">\r\n					<div>Join Date: Oct 2015</div>\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					<div>\r\n						Posts: 6,499\r\n					</div>\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					<div>    </div>\r\n				</div>\r\n\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		</table>\r\n		<!-' + '- / user info -' + '->\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n	\r\n	<td class="alt1" id="td_post_2224173">\r\n		\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n			<!-' + '- icon and title -' + '->\r\n			<div class="smallfont">\r\n				<img class="inlineimg" src="forum/images/icons/icon1.gif" alt="Default" border="0" />\r\n				\r\n			</div>\r\n			<hr size="1" style="color:#D1D1E1; background-color:#D1D1E1" />\r\n			<!-' + '- / icon and title -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<!-' + '- message -' + '->\r\n		<div id="post_message_2224173">\r\n			\r\n			I am sure in every collecting hobby there are people who act like the ultimate test of purity is to care less about what any of it’s worth. Really pretty silly as others have pointed out. At some point our collections will be sold buy us or others. Can’t take it with you as they say. Valuation is hardly beside the point. You can collect out of love of the game and love of collecting and also hope your stuff appreciates in value.\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2224173" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2224173 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2224173_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">Snapolit1</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=617066">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=617066" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to Snapolit1</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=617066" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by Snapolit1</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2224173 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2224173 -' + '->';
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Baby Boomers are pretty much the ones who started and have fueled the sports card collecting craze, till these more recent years.  And Baby Boomers did so primarily based on a unique experience that has ceased to exist for decades now.  It was a happy coincidence that the Baby Boomer generation pretty much exactly coincided with the rise of Topps (and Bowman) baseball cards, and their availability and relatively cheap cost to Baby Boomers as kids.  And the fact that these companies have been around so long, issuing new cards and sets consistently year after year on a national level, was heretofore virtually unheard of.  Old Judge cards are likely the next closest example, having lasted five years from 1886-1890.  Zeenuts were strictly a regional, minor league issue.  And though Exhibit cards alone showed the kind of longevity Topps and Bowman have experienced, they were sold in primarily a much different method, not in packs, and certainly not in a numbered set that was fully changed, updated, and somewhat unique from year to year.  Also the size difference played a huge role.  You would much more easily be able to find a kid hauling round a rubber banded stack of regular baseball cards to school or the playground, than you ever would expect to see them hauling around a stack of Exhibit cards.  Virtually every dime, drug, or other local store you\'d walk into back in the 50s and 60s would always have packs of baseball (and other) cards for sale right on the counters for sale next to the register.  Certainly not so today, or for many decades now.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnd combine that with the Baby Boomer generation coinciding with the long overdue integration of baseball, MLB finally extending all the way to the West coast, the beginning of expansion in the number of MLB teams, and maybe most importantly of all, the post-war advent of television and the bringing of games/teams on a national level right into our living rooms.  These elements and their timing all added up to create the perfect storm that vaulted us into the sports card collecting rise and surge that started in the 1980\'s, and has carried us for the most part till today.   And that was all primarily due to baseball cards as the initiating genesis for all this.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSo, the "old-timers" among us approach the fascination and attraction to the sports card collecting hobby as a somewhat shared, but pretty much unique collective background and experience that will never be duplicated. It is certainly different from the backgrounds and experiences that have led younger generations to the hobby now as well.  And the Baby Boomers are lucky that younger generations are embracing and picking up the hobby so as to bolster prices for some who can then use that potential cash, if needed, as they get older and move into retirement.  For many who started out collecting cards for fun and/or as reliving youthful memories, it is akin to finding a $20 bill in the pocket of a pair of jeans they pulled out of the dryer.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnd there was never any guarantee that future generations would hold and look at sports cards, especially vintage cards, in the same overall esteem and value as the Baby Boomers do.  Just look at stamp or train collecting today.  Though both hobbies are still active and out there, the overall acceptance, following, and of course value associated with such items, have experienced nothing like the continued surge and growth to the sports card hobby and market.  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Baby Boomers are pretty much the ones who started and have fueled the sports card collecting craze, till these more recent years.  And Baby Boomers did so primarily based on a unique experience that has ceased to exist for decades now.  It was a happy coincidence that the Baby Boomer generation pretty much exactly coincided with the rise of Topps (and Bowman) baseball cards, and their availability and relatively cheap cost to Baby Boomers as kids.  And the fact that these companies have been around so long, issuing new cards and sets consistently year after year on a national level, was heretofore virtually unheard of.  Old Judge cards are likely the next closest example, having lasted five years from 1886-1890.  Zeenuts were strictly a regional, minor league issue.  And though Exhibit cards alone showed the kind of longevity Topps and Bowman have experienced, they were sold in primarily a much different method, not in packs, and certainly not in a numbered set that was fully changed, updated, and somewhat unique from year to year.  Also the size difference played a huge role.  You would much more easily be able to find a kid hauling round a rubber banded stack of regular baseball cards to school or the playground, than you ever would expect to see them hauling around a stack of Exhibit cards.  Virtually every dime, drug, or other local store you\'d walk into back in the 50s and 60s would always have packs of baseball (and other) cards for sale right on the counters for sale next to the register.  Certainly not so today, or for many decades now.<br />\n<br />\nAnd combine that with the Baby Boomer generation coinciding with the long overdue integration of baseball, MLB finally extending all the way to the West coast, the beginning of expansion in the number of MLB teams, and maybe most importantly of all, the post-war advent of television and the bringing of games/teams on a national level right into our living rooms.  These elements and their timing all added up to create the perfect storm that vaulted us into the sports card collecting rise and surge that started in the 1980\'s, and has carried us for the most part till today.   And that was all primarily due to baseball cards as the initiating genesis for all this.<br />\n<br />\nSo, the "old-timers" among us approach the fascination and attraction to the sports card collecting hobby as a somewhat shared, but pretty much unique collective background and experience that will never be duplicated. It is certainly different from the backgrounds and experiences that have led younger generations to the hobby now as well.  And the Baby Boomers are lucky that younger generations are embracing and picking up the hobby so as to bolster prices for some who can then use that potential cash, if needed, as they get older and move into retirement.  For many who started out collecting cards for fun and/or as reliving youthful memories, it is akin to finding a $20 bill in the pocket of a pair of jeans they pulled out of the dryer.  <br />\n<br />\nAnd there was never any guarantee that future generations would hold and look at sports cards, especially vintage cards, in the same overall esteem and value as the Baby Boomers do.  Just look at stamp or train collecting today.  Though both hobbies are still active and out there, the overall acceptance, following, and of course value associated with such items, have experienced nothing like the continued surge and growth to the sports card hobby and market.  We have experienced additional good fortune on at least some factors of our hobby attracting new, fresh and younger faces to the fore.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Bob, I always enjoy reading your well-thoughtout and detailed posts.  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I have been attending card shows since 1978.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI really have no issues with the new breed of sports card hobbyists. I find them very intelligent, extremely knowledgeable about modern cards, friendly, passionate and interesting.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSome of my observations: basketball is king. They want rookie cards, not necessarily slabbed cards. They all have a personal collection or "PC." Each PC seems to be unique to that collector. They vlog about everything and post regularly to Instagram. They have taken trading to new levels. They are masters at negotiating. They all have some sort of briefcase. Many have some of the worst hairdos I have ever seen... which is really saying something since I grew up in the 1970\'s.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nUsed to be that I could set up at any card show with my post-War commons and have flocks of set builders at my tables -' + '- not anymore. 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pd[2224296] = '<!-' + '- post #2224296 -' + '->\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- open content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<div align="center">\r\n	<div class="page" style="width:100%; text-align:left">\r\n		<div style="padding:0px 25px 0px 25px" align="left">\r\n\r\n	<div id="edit2224296" style="padding:0px 0px 6px 0px">\r\n	<!-' + '- this is not the last post shown on the page -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table class="tborder" id="post2224296" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">\r\n<tr>\r\n	<td class="thead" >\r\n		<div class="normal" style="float:right">\r\n			&nbsp;\r\n			#<a href="showpost.php?p=2224296&amp;postcount=16" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount2224296" name="16"><strong>16</strong></a> &nbsp;\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n		<div class="normal">\r\n			<!-' + '- status icon and date -' + '->\r\n			<a name="post2224296"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/post_old.gif" alt="Old" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n				05-12-2022, 05:24 PM\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / status icon and date -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n	<td class="alt2" style="padding:0px">\r\n		<!-' + '- user info -' + '->\r\n		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" border="0" width="100%">\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?u=13680"><img src="image.php?u=13680&amp;dateline=1281655447"   alt="Tabe\'s Avatar" border="0" /></a></td>\r\n			<td nowrap="nowrap">\r\n\r\n				<div id="postmenu_2224296">\r\n					\r\n					<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?u=13680">Tabe</a>\r\n					<img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/user_offline.gif" alt="Tabe is offline" border="0" />\r\n\r\n\r\n					<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2224296", true); <\/scr' + 'ipt>\r\n					\r\n				</div>\r\nChris\r\n<div class="smallfont">\r\n				Chr.is Ta.bar\r\n</div>\r\n				\r\n				\r\n\r\n			</td>\r\n			<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>\r\n			<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">\r\n\r\n				<div class="smallfont">\r\n					<div>Join Date: Aug 2010</div>\r\n					<div>Location: Spokane, WA</div>\r\n					\r\n					<div>\r\n						Posts: 1,520\r\n					</div>\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					<div>    </div>\r\n				</div>\r\n\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		</table>\r\n		<!-' + '- / user info -' + '->\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n	\r\n	<td class="alt1" id="td_post_2224296">\r\n		\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n			<!-' + '- icon and title -' + '->\r\n			<div class="smallfont">\r\n				<img class="inlineimg" src="forum/images/icons/icon1.gif" alt="Default" border="0" />\r\n				\r\n			</div>\r\n			<hr size="1" style="color:#D1D1E1; background-color:#D1D1E1" />\r\n			<!-' + '- / icon and title -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<!-' + '- message -' + '->\r\n		<div id="post_message_2224296">\r\n			\r\n			<div style="margin:20px; margin-top:5px; ">\r\n	<div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom:2px">Quote:</div>\r\n	<table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="alt2" style="border:1px inset">\r\n			\r\n				<div>\r\n					Originally Posted by <strong>Tony Gordon</strong>\r\n					<a href="showthread.php?p=2224270#post2224270" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/buttons/viewpost.gif" border="0" alt="View Post" /></a>\r\n				</div>\r\n				<div style="font-style:italic">Many of these vloggers are great characters and have created their own culture around their vlogs. For example, there is a modern collector/dealer/vlogger out of Ohio, he looks to be in his late-20\'s. He goes to shows all over the country each weekend. At each show, in each vlog, he is met by other new-age collectors who give him cards and other memorabilia for his Ohio State PC. I mean, he can\'t go five minutes at a show, no matter where that show is located, without some random person walking up to him and giving him a card depicting an athlete who played college ball at Ohio State. It is remarkable to watch.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>CardCollector2<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI watch his videos all the time, too.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nHe seems to have a very successful store in Ohio besides all the online dealing he does.\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2224296" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2224296 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2224296_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">Tabe</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=13680">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=13680" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to Tabe</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=13680" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by Tabe</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2224296 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2224296 -' + '->';
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What has changed is technology. <br />\n<br />\nI was collecting as a kid in the 70\'s. Research had to be done at the library or buying price guides, shopping was done at card shows and the local card shop.<br />\n<br />\nAnd trading was done with a handful of friends who also collected.<br />\n<br />\nCollectors have always done research, shopping and trading. We\'ve always collected cards because we liked them, or because they were rookies, or because they were rare. We have always tried to trade for, or buy, cards we felt were going to go up in value.<br />\n<br />\nIt\'s just that the internet has made all those things easier and more interesting. Instead of a few friends from school we have N54. Instead of the local card shop we have online auctions. <br />\n<br />\nMy prized card as a kid was a 1969 Jackson Rookie. I have kept that card for 40 years and protected it. Last year I sent it to PSA for grading just for fun. It came back as trimmed and they wouldn\'t grade it. I had no idea. But that trimming wasn\'t  done by any of the people well known to be altering cards in recent years. <br />\n<br />\nIt was done by an \'old timer.\' I acquired that card at a card shop around 1980.<br />\n<br />\nSo, there\'s always been people altering cards. <br />\n<br />\nI think this is a great industry/hobby. If someone wants to invest in cards, great. If someone wants to collect raw, great. To each their own. <br />\n<br />\nThere have always been new people coming into the hobby with different interests. Some collect for fun, some for investment and some for nostalgia. Nothing new there.<br />\n<br />\nAny changes to the hobby that bring in more people and allow for the sharing of info the better.<br />\n<br />\nI also welcome grading, vault storage and more auctions. They are all optional services. If you don\'t like \'em, don\'t use \'em. Maybe those innovations don\'t last. 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I don\'t own modern but I would expect the scarce modern will go up in price forever, too.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAny asset that is scare and high quality and desirable will go up in price. Waterfront real estate, Art, high quality companies... scarce and desirable cards.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThis has been happening far longer than 2 years. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nIt\'s been going on for 100 years and will go on for another 100 years</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>The thing about the scarce modern stuff is that it\'s not actually scarce. Yeah, a 1/1 is cool, but there are thousands of other 1/1s. 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pd[2224361] = '<!-' + '- post #2224361 -' + '->\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- open content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<div align="center">\r\n	<div class="page" style="width:100%; text-align:left">\r\n		<div style="padding:0px 25px 0px 25px" align="left">\r\n\r\n	<div id="edit2224361" style="padding:0px 0px 6px 0px">\r\n	<!-' + '- this is not the last post shown on the page -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table class="tborder" id="post2224361" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">\r\n<tr>\r\n	<td class="thead" >\r\n		<div class="normal" style="float:right">\r\n			&nbsp;\r\n			#<a href="showpost.php?p=2224361&amp;postcount=21" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount2224361" name="21"><strong>21</strong></a> &nbsp;\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n		<div class="normal">\r\n			<!-' + '- status icon and date -' + '->\r\n			<a name="post2224361"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/post_old.gif" alt="Old" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n				05-12-2022, 11:26 PM\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / status icon and date -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n	<td class="alt2" style="padding:0px">\r\n		<!-' + '- user info -' + '->\r\n		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" border="0" width="100%">\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?u=248475"><img src="image.php?u=248475&amp;dateline=1371584140"   alt="VoodooChild\'s Avatar" border="0" /></a></td>\r\n			<td nowrap="nowrap">\r\n\r\n				<div id="postmenu_2224361">\r\n					\r\n					<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?u=248475">VoodooChild</a>\r\n					<img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/user_offline.gif" alt="VoodooChild is offline" border="0" />\r\n\r\n\r\n					<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2224361", true); <\/scr' + 'ipt>\r\n					\r\n				</div>\r\nJ@$0n.Chri$$i$\r\n<div class="smallfont">\r\n				Member\r\n</div>\r\n				\r\n				\r\n\r\n			</td>\r\n			<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>\r\n			<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">\r\n\r\n				<div class="smallfont">\r\n					<div>Join Date: Feb 2013</div>\r\n					<div>Location: Huntsville, AL</div>\r\n					\r\n					<div>\r\n						Posts: 474\r\n					</div>\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					<div>    </div>\r\n				</div>\r\n\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		</table>\r\n		<!-' + '- / user info -' + '->\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n	\r\n	<td class="alt1" id="td_post_2224361">\r\n		\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n			<!-' + '- icon and title -' + '->\r\n			<div class="smallfont">\r\n				<img class="inlineimg" src="forum/images/icons/icon1.gif" alt="Default" border="0" />\r\n				\r\n			</div>\r\n			<hr size="1" style="color:#D1D1E1; background-color:#D1D1E1" />\r\n			<!-' + '- / icon and title -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<!-' + '- message -' + '->\r\n		<div id="post_message_2224361">\r\n			\r\n			I collect all eras.  There\'s actually cool ways to collect modern that are more similar to pre-war than you would think.  Trying to complete a color run of a modern card is just like trying to complete a back run of a T206 card in my opinion.  There\'s a lot of new collectors (not the investors) who actually do collect in interesting ways like that.  I\'ve seen guys who collect the first or last #\'d in a print run like 1/25, 50/50, etc. or only cards #\'d with the players uniform number so the only collect Trout cards #\'d like 27/50, 27/200, etc.  There\'s guys collecting cards where the color of the refractor has to match the color of team uniform so red refractors for Cardinals, blue for Cubs, etc.  Not all of this "new breed" buys just the PSA 10\'s of flavor of the week rookie/prospect.  There\'s a new crop of kids out there with the same  collector\'s gene (or addiction or whatever you want to call it) that we all have and they\'ll keep the hobby going.  Even after the next bubble bursts and the investors realize there\'s no difference between their shiny PSA 10 and the thousands of PSA 9\'s (or even 8\'s really) and find a new way to waste their money.  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So many are rare that rarity is the norm. I\'m trying to sell a 1/3 in the $300-range – I\'d like to find something a little better, if more common, for my type set – and it seems to be shelf turd-ing away. AITA?<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<div style="margin:20px; margin-top:5px; ">\r\n	<div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom:2px">Quote:</div>\r\n	<table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="alt2" style="border:1px inset">\r\n			\r\n				<div>\r\n					Originally Posted by <strong>John1941</strong>\r\n					<a href="showthread.php?p=2224345#post2224345" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/buttons/viewpost.gif" border="0" alt="View Post" /></a>\r\n				</div>\r\n				<div style="font-style:italic">The thing about the scarce modern stuff is that it\'s not actually scarce. Yeah, a 1/1 is cool, but there are thousands of other 1/1s. 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And human nature and instinct is such that most all people, whether they\'ll admit it or not, have and harbor some instinctual and/or inherent fear, or at least a disdain, for change and things they are not familiar with. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThis does go both ways though, as younger generations, overall, do not seem to carry and hold the older generation in at least the same/similar level of esteem, respect, and appreciation as Baby Boomers do/did for their parents and grandparents.  They can often look to Baby Boomers and lay blame to them for a lot of the problems and issues of today.  All while seeming to forget all the things they have to thank the Baby Boomers, and preceding generation, for that they simply take for granted.  With the advent and advances in technology involved in travel and the media, especially social media, the world is literally getting smaller every single day.  And yet, personal connections and direct interactions among people appear to be going the opposite direction.  Plus the internet emboldens people to say and do what they want to others, without having to actually say/do something to someone\'s face so there is no potential threat of a direct reprisal?  That could only serve to desensitize at least some people from fearing they\'ll hurt/harm others, and care and ever being apologetic or remorseful about having done so.  And by extension, if such people over time become so desensitized to treating and acting so horribly towards others online, you know it is only a matter of time before some become so emboldened that they start doing the same demeaning and defaming things in real life, to real people.  And it will likely only get worse.    <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI\'ll end with this.  When I was in school, I was taught to respect my elders, not go talking back, and disobeying.  If I got in trouble in school and ended up getting a swat from a teacher, I was even more afraid my parents would find out, and I\'d get greeted by my Dad, with a belt and an additional whupping, when he got home from work.  Nowadays, you accidently touch a school age child, or say or do something they may take in the wrong way or context, and you end up with screaming parents at the school, wanting the teacher immediately fired, and threatening to sue the school, and everything front and center on the internet and social media for all the world to see.  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LOL On here, there are many people like you who are more fatherly and willing to share their expertise.<br />\n<br />\nIn the real world, I tend to have much better experiences with younger dealers. A lot of the old guys get dollar signs in their eyes when they find out I\'m new with valuable cards. It\'s just evident in their body language and it makes me distrustful. Most of the younger guard is far more transparent about why they will offer a certain dollar amount for a card or lot and act less like used car salesmen. 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LOL On here, there are many people like you who are more fatherly and willing to share their expertise.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIn the real world, I tend to have much better experiences with younger dealers. A lot of the old guys get dollar signs in their eyes when they find out I\'m new with valuable cards. It\'s just evident in their body language and it makes me distrustful. Most of the younger guard is far more transparent about why they will offer a certain dollar amount for a card or lot and act less like used car salesmen. That\'s how it has been in my, admittedly limited, experience at least.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>I hear you Brandon, that is why I said it goes both ways.  There is good, and not so good on both sides.  And trust me, when I was younger, I had older dealers treat me basically the same as you described.  LOL   Still get treated the same occasionally from some dealers online who can\'t tell how young or old you are.  They just assume they are a dealer, and therefore they figure they know more than you.  I just try to ignore them.  Most people are good, young and old, but the younger generations are being brought up and taught much differently than Baby Boomers and older generations were.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThere will always be a fan base for the major US sports, which should be enough to keep the sports card hobby around and going strong for longer than either of us can likely imagine.  It has changed a lot over the past few decades, and will continue to do in the decades to come.  But the vintage side will be okay.  Regardless of how newer generations are brought up, people are people, and many people like to collect, and have that collecting bug that infects so many of us on this forum.  When you combine all the history of the game and the stories behind the players, there should be more than enough to entice a sufficient number of the younger generations to carry things on.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nGood luck, and good collecting to you.\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2224366" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2224366 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2224366_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">BobC</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=154">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=154" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to BobC</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=154" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by BobC</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2224366 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2224366 -' + '->';
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But you are likely in a very small minority.  LOL<br /></div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Not that small.  I enjoyed your response a great deal, as well!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI\'m smack dab in the middle of Gen X and inherited (as many of us mid-70s collectors did) the Boomer perspective on collecting.  My parents were part of the Silent Generation and didn\'t collect much, as their parents had grown up or spent their early careers in the Great Depression.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFor one, I love the new breed of collectors\' interest in and attitude towards the hobby.  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I just wish I had gone for some of the bigger cards, like a \'52 Topps Mantle, much earlier in my collecting days.  I\'ll likely never complete a \'52 Topps set now because I can\'t justify in my own mind to spend what it would take to buy that Mantle now.  Just like there\'s a lot of other sets I\'ll probably never finish as well now because I didn\'t get the Jackson/Cobb/Wagner/Ruth/etc. card before the recent price surge during the pandemic.  <br />\n<br />\nI am a Baby Boomer, and fully understand (and appreciate) the economic growth that has come to my generation.  But in all fairness, most of us did tend to work our asses off to get to where we are today.  Could always be better off, but most certainly could be a heck of a lot worse off as well.  Having collected some rare, as well as many, many, many more common items, gives one the appreciation for what one has and collected over the years.  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My collecting habits have changed greatly over time. Initially I focused on building sets and collecting Cubs cards. As a result I had boxes upon boxes of commons. I was able to offload a bunch of them many years ago. I held onto a number of the sets. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nNow I just collect Cubs cards and random things I find fun. I like to build small subsets that I create for myself. I finished up an Orbit gum (PR3) pin set not too long ago and it hangs nicely in a shadowbox on my office wall. That was 60 pin backs and still took me ~7 years to finish. I don\'t think I would even entertained that 30 years ago. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nRight now I am collecting PSA slabbed Randy Hundley Topps base cards. And still looking for some 2016 A&amp;G Cubs mini parallels. I also snag fun (for me) cards and they end up in binders for me to pull out now and again to enjoy. At some point, I think I am going to work on a 33 Goudey Cubs card set. 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Seeing anything on the board these days that is not just gloom and doom is refreshing.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nBunch of old men sittin\' around complaining.  The game is dying.  The hobby is dying.  Kids today have no respect for anything.  Bla bla bla.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>It\'s much worse at spots like "vintage baseball photos" groups on facebook.   Those have basically just three subjects on a daily basis:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-  Old is better than new<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-  Starting pitchers today throw fewer innings (what a fresh news bulletin eh)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-  Nolan Ryan is the most amazing creation ever dropped into the universe\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2223953" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2223953 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2223953_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">cardsagain74</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=630024">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=630024" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to cardsagain74</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=630024" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by cardsagain74</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2223953 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2223953 -' + '->';
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Those have basically just three subjects on a daily basis:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-  Old is better than new<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-  Starting pitchers today throw fewer innings (what a fresh news bulletin eh)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-  Nolan Ryan is the most amazing creation ever dropped into the universe</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- attachments -' + '->\r\n			<div style="padding:6px">\r\n\r\n			\r\n\r\n			\r\n\r\n			\r\n				<fieldset class="fieldset">\r\n					<legend>Attached Images</legend>\r\n					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0">\r\n					<tr>\r\n	<td><img class="inlineimg" src="images/attach/jpg.gif" alt="File Type: jpg" width="16" height="16" border="0" style="vertical-align:baseline" /></td>\r\n	<td><a href="attachment.php?attachmentid=516249&amp;d=1652296836">Tony.jpg</a> (39.6 KB, 683 views)</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n					</table>\r\n					</fieldset>\r\n			\r\n\r\n			\r\n\r\n			\r\n\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / attachments -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2223967" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2223967 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2223967_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">Snapolit1</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=617066">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=617066" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to Snapolit1</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=617066" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by Snapolit1</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2223967 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2223967 -' + '->';
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Never a good idea to generalize a demographic. Some of us are in it gor the long run…</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>I agree with Waz here.  Generalizing a demographic is not the best idea.  I assume there are several new young collectors on this board that just don\'t post very often but are reading threads and learning about the hobby and it\'s history.  It\'s the flashy investors that are running up prices and exploding the hobby right now.  But there are many new collectors that aren\'t investors.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n.\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- sig -' + '->\r\n			<div>\r\n				__________________<br />\r\n				I\'m always looking for t206\'s with purple numbers stamped on the back like the one in my avatar.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Great T206 Back Stamp Project: <a href="http://thegreatt206backstampproject.yolasite.com/" target="_blank">Click Here</a><br />\r\nMy Online Trading Site: <a href="http://cobbspikedme.yolasite.com/" target="_blank">Click Here</a><br />\r\nMember of OBC (Old Baseball Cards), the longest running on-line collecting club <a href="http://www.oldbaseball.com" target="_blank">www.oldbaseball.com</a><br />\r\nMy Humble (Outdated) Blog:  <a href="https://forloveofthecards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Click Here</a>\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / sig -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2224125" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2224125 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2224125_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">CobbSpikedMe</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=447">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=447" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to CobbSpikedMe</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://forloveofthecards.blogspot.com/">Visit CobbSpikedMe\'s homepage!</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=447" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by CobbSpikedMe</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2224125 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2224125 -' + '->';

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                                    writeLink(2224215, 0, 0, 617532, "2,I,3,I,9,I,T", "<i>The same reason I do anything...</i>", "05-12-2022", "12:46 PM", 0);
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I have been collecting for over 40 years! So I’ll be a collector until the very end. <br />
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I collect vintage. I would much rather have a mays, mantle, koufax and bench instead of a tatis jr, Juan sori, Guerrero jr or acuna jr. I don’t knock what others s like or want. Vintage is my preference but the great thing about this hobby is that there is room for everyone to collect what they want.<br />
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